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Zinc is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

Zinc is part of the Group 12 elements series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 21, 2009.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 1, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
April 28, 2009	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 28, 2012	Good topic candidate	Promoted

Current status: Featured article

Elements Top‑importance

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Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC

Section sizes

Section size for Zinc (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	8,534	8,534	589	589
Characteristics	21	11,941	0	794
Physical properties	3,152	3,152	208	208
Occurrence	7,041	7,041	407	407
Isotopes	1,727	1,727	179	179
Compounds and chemistry	53	13,926	0	729
Reactivity	7,340	7,340	387	387
Zinc(I) compounds	1,071	1,071	63	63
Zinc(II) compounds	4,878	4,878	220	220
Test for zinc	584	584	59	59
History	12	19,314	0	1,304
Ancient use	6,561	6,561	444	444
Early studies and naming	4,450	4,450	288	288
Isolation	4,747	4,747	253	253
Later work	3,544	3,544	319	319
Production	16	15,393	0	800
Mining and processing	7,287	7,287	372	372
Recycling	4,376	4,376	167	167
Environmental impact	3,714	3,714	261	261
Applications	227	38,405	11	1,909
Anti-corrosion and batteries	6,485	6,485	363	363
Alloys	6,830	6,830	467	467
Other industrial uses	9,526	9,526	477	477
Organic chemistry	3,981	3,981	83	83
Dietary supplement	2,504	7,735	111	391
Gastroenteritis	2,116	2,116	95	95
Common cold	80	80	0	0
Weight gain	1,757	1,757	126	126
Other	1,278	1,278	59	59
Topical use	3,621	3,621	117	117
Biological role	10,938	36,004	376	1,958
Enzymes	3,009	3,009	229	229
Signalling	865	865	31	31
Other proteins	4,828	4,828	235	235
Nutrition	18	7,744	0	544
Dietary recommendations	4,309	4,309	333	333
Dietary intake	3,417	3,417	211	211
Deficiency	6,470	6,470	401	401
Soil remediation	770	770	25	25
Agriculture	1,380	1,380	117	117
Precautions	40	8,749	0	545
Toxicity	5,941	5,941	384	384
Poisoning	2,768	2,768	161	161
See also	174	174	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	29	3,019	0	0
Bibliography	2,990	2,990	0	0
External links	1,745	1,745	0	0
Total	157,230	157,230	8,628	8,628

Biological role

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I suggest to add subheadings to this section as it becomes a bit large to quickly scan and to find information. Subheadings on food/nutrition, molecular functions, and physiology/brain functions are suggested. Ok? Peteruetz (talk) 17:37, 6 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Biological role